Range.



1?. RIESS & D. LEMLEY.

RANGE.

APPLICATION IILED AUG. 23, 1909. RENEWED 00w. 2?, 1910.

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W/ TNESSES N VE N TOR-S ATTORNEYS P. RIESS & D. LEMLBY.

RANGE. APPLIUATION TILED AUG. 23, 1909. RENEWED OUT. 27, 1910. 993,71 5. Patented May 30,1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2. 14 2 4" 5 5 4 w )1, 8 a 5 l 1? 1 l g i I g n IV VE N T056 8 WITNESSES Z9 31 38 I 39 Paul Piess PAUL RIESS AND DAVID LEMLEY, F NEWv ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1911..

Application filed August 23, 1909, Serial No. 514,111. Renewed October 27, 1910. Serial No. 589,423.

exact description.

This invention relates to stoves or ranges such as used for cooking.

The invention is particularly to ranges having ovens in which be roasted or baked.

The object of the invention is to provide an arrangement whereby the cook on opening the oven is protected from the heat. In addition to this the device is constructed 'in such a way that. the pans in which articles a plicable i dod may of food are being roasted will advance au-.

tomatically out of the oven when the door is thrown open. This arrangement is particularly useful where it is necessary to baste the article which is being roasted.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more .fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. 4

Figure 1 is a vertical section, through an oven constructed according to our invention, in a front'and rear plane, this view showing the oven door closed; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig.4, but showing the oven door thrown open and the pans advanced out of the range, in this view the rearportion of the range is broken away; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken Referring more particularly to the parts,

and especially to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive 1 representsthe body of the range, the mterior of, which constitutes an oven 2. This oven may beheated by gas which flows through tubular'burners 3 arranged along the side walls of the oven, as indicated. On the forward side the oven is provided with a door 1 which is attached at its lower edge bymeans of a hinge 5 which permits the door to be swung own. to a substantially horizontal position, as shown in 2. On the inner side of this door near the upper-edge thereof and near the side edges,

we provide brackets 6, and these brackets present inclined edges 7 which are adapted to sup ort a shield 8, which shield is formed of a p ate, as indicated, havinga hinge joint 9 which extends transversely thereof. Be-

yond the joint 9 a segment 10 of theplate constitutes a knuckle plate, and this-part 10 is connected by a hinge joint 11 to the inner face of the door4 and adjacent to the upper edges of the brackets. The arrangement is such that when the door is in its closed position the shield ,8 is disposed completely within the interior of the oven, but when the door is pulledout or opened, as indicated in Fig. 2, the shield 8 extends upwardly in front of the oven and operates to protect the face of the person opening the door.

In order to advance the pans within the oven, we provide the side edges of the door 4 with segments 12, the centers of which are on the axis of the hinge 5. The teeth of these segments 12 mesh with the teeth of racks 13 which are formed on the under SldGS of rack bars 14. These'rack bars 14 are guided to slide horizontally by means of guide brackets 15' which are attached to the side walls of the range, as indicated. These guide brackets 15 present a T-cro'ss-section,

as shown in Fig. 4. In this way they present upwardly and downwardly projectin flanges 16 which operate to retain the ra -bars, the said rack bars being provided with 20 is attached'by means of a hinge connection' 21, and this aim extends down into the lower part of the oven and is formed with a bifurcated grapple 23 which is adapted to engage the rear edge of the lower pan 22,

as indicated. The bottom 24 of the oven is provided with a pluralit of rollers 25 which aredisposed transverse y, and these rollers support the lower pan 22, as will be readily understood. When the door is opened the arm 20 pushes out the lower pan 22, and it will also pull the pan inwardly again when the door is closed. In this way the segments 12-operateto advance both. the upper and lower pans out of the oven so thatthe food cooking in the pans can be easily reached.

If it is desired to hold the oven door in a substantially horizontal position, this may be effected by means of the knuckle plate 10. The knuckle plate will then lie upon the upper side of the open door and the plate'8 will hang down so that its normal inner edge will rest upon the floor. The inner edge of the plate 8 is bent so as to form a curved nose 26 which facilitates its passing in and out of the open-doorway. By reason of the hinge connection 21 it is possibleto raise the arm 20 to an elevated position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the.

arm may be swung upwardly toward'this position when it is desired to disengage it from the pan.

In Figs. 5, 6, and 7 we illustrate a'modified form of the invention. In this form of the invention the oven door 27 is attached by a hinge connection 28, as in the preferred form. Near the side edges 'of the door we provide guide cleats 29, under which may project the side edges ofa shield plate 30.

This plate 30 is'pivotally attached at-3l to a slide plate 32, the edges of which are guided under the cleats. as will be readily understood. The rear edge of the slide plate 32 is provided with an upwardlyprojecting-toe 33, and this toe limits the forwardcmove ment of the plate when being slid outwardly by striking against the rear edge of a stop bar 34 which extends across the inner side of the door, as shown. Near the side edges of the door we provide brackets 35 having inwardly projecting edges 36 which support the shield30 in a rearwardly inclinedposition when the door is opened. When it is desired to close the door, the plate is swung forwardly until it comes into a slightly horizontal position, and it is then slid back oh the upper face of the door so that the side edges of the plate 30 run under'the cleats.

cleats so they do not interfere with the up-- Of course when the shield is .swung upwardly to the position in which it is .shown in Fig. 6, the hinge joint '31 is beyond the Wardly swinging movement of the shield. The upper or outer end of the shield is provided with an upwardly projecting toe 37 which isprovided with an opening 38, as indicated. With this form of the invention the shield does not project into-the interior of the oven, but normally lies folded on the inner side of the door, however, when the give protection from'the heat of the oven,

and means carried by thedoor for supporting the shield in said position.

2. A range having a door adapted to swing open and downwardly, a shield attached to the inner side of said door, and means for supporting said shield in an upwardly projecting position when said door is opened.

3. A range having an oven and having a door adapted to swing outwardly and downwardly, brackets attached to the inner side of said door, anda shield having a hinge connection on the inner side of said door and adapted to be supported. by said brackets in an upwardly door is opened. r p

4:..A range hav ng an oven, a swinging inclined position when said *door for the oven, a' member adapted to support a pan and guided to slide in and out of said oven, the said member having rack teeth, and segmentsca'rried by said door and havingteeth meshing with said rack teeth.

5. A range having an oven and a swinging door, a sliding member guided to slide on said range, means for sliding said sliding member outwardly when said door is opened, a pan mounted in said oven, and an arm having a joint connection with said sliding member-and provided with a bifurcated end adapted to engage theedge of said pan to advance the same.

6. A range having an oven with a swinging door, rack bars guided to slide in and out at the sides of said oven, segments carried by the door and meshing with said rack bars and afiording means for sliding the same in and out, means for supporting a pan on said rack bars, and an arm attached to one of said rack bars and normally extending downwardly. in-the interior of the oven and adapted to engage a pan to advance the same from the lower part of the oven.-

7. A range having an oven with a swingmg door, bracket lates attached to the inner side of said oor and having inclined supporting edges, a shield comprising a main plate and a knuckle plate, and a hinge connection between said knuckle plate and said mam plate, said knuckle plate ,being movably attached to the door adjacent to the bracket plates and adapted to rest upon the upper side nF-the door when said door is swung downwardl into a substantially horizontal position, said main plate being adapted to extend downwardly and present its outer edge to the floor.

8. A range having an oven provided with a door hinged at its lower edge, brackets attached to the inner side of the door at the upper part and near the side edges thereof,

' the said brackets having inclined edges, and

for said oven, means for advancing the pans from the oven when the door is opened, a

shield movably connected with the inner side of the door, and brackets on the door having inclined supporting edges for supporting the shield in an upwardly inclined position when the door is opened.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL RIESS.

DAVID LEMLEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. Fmnn, CHAS. N. KEHL.. 

